Edit PDF links

You can control what links look like, including what colour they are when visible, as well as how the link area will appear when clicked on. Nitro PDF Professional allows you to lock links so they keep their position and properties. If you are trying to edit a link and its properties are unavailable, it may well be locked.

If you have created a set of links in a PDF and they need to be precisely laid out -- for example, when you've added navigation links in the header or footer of a page -- use the link aligning tools.

To edit the appearance of links in PDF documents:

1. Select the Link tool  from the toolbar.
2. Right-click and set any of the following:
   • Set the highlight style. Invert, outline or inset.
   • Set link as visible or invisible.
   • Set visible link thickness.
   • Set visible link line style.
   • Set visible link color.

Note: To edit the appearance of more than one link, hold down Control and left-click each link to select them.

To set the default link style:

1. Select the Link tool  from the toolbar.
2. Create a link and set its properties.
3. Right-click on the link and choose the Use Current Appearance as New Default option.

To align links:

If you have created a set of links in a PDF and they need to be precisely laid out -- for example, when you've added navigation links in the header or footer of a page -- use the link aligning tools.

1. Select the Link tool  from the toolbar.
2. Hold down Control, then left-click on each link to align.
3. Right-click and choose from any of the Align, Center and Distribute options.

Note: To use the align tools you must select at least two links.

To lock and unlock links:

1. Select the Link tool  from the toolbar.
2. Right-click on the link and select the Lock option.

To delete links:

1. Select the Link tool  from the toolbar.
2. Left-click on the link to select it.
3. Press the Delete key on your keyboard.

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